Yellow Studio, Chelsea

Worked from the Yellow Studio in Chelsea while producing major Broadway and rock theatre key art.

Contemporary photo records and estate biography place the Yellow Studio as the workplace for the Broadway peak years.

Keeping the studio visible prevents theatre output from floating without a physical creative home.

People-archive images of Byrd drawing in studio remain primary visual evidence for this chapter.

Chapter placement: Broadway workplace (1970s). This internal article expands the timeline card so “Read full article” never dead-ends on a teaser.

Context for collectors and researchers: the estate keeps life facts, career milestones, and stewardship notes on-site. Related Archive and Shop links point to editions and masters when they exist; they do not replace this biography.

Sources used for this article: Estate photo archive / OUTWORDS-era documentation used locally; Public biographical photo captions.

For magazine and trade obituaries covering the full career arc and February 3, 2025 Albuquerque death, open the imported Press articles (Playbill, Deadline, Hollywood Reporter, Ultimate Classic Rock, Amsel tribute, NYT record).